The 2013 FIM

Moto2 Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of ...

World Championship was a part of the 65th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Alentà (born 17 February 1993) is a Spanish professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, who has raced for Honda's factory team since his MotoGP debut in 2013. Born in Cervera, Catalonia, Spain, he is nicknamed the 'Ant of Cer ...

was the reigning champion, but did not contest in season as he joined the MotoGP with

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Season summary

Pol Espargaró Pol Espargaró Villà (born 10 June 1991) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who for 2023 will ride in the MotoGP class for the newly named GasGas Factory Racing team, a development of Tech3. He previously spent two years with Repsol H ...

became champion in the class, after overhauling

Scott Redding Scott Christopher Redding (born 4 January 1993) is a British motorcycle racer. For 2022 he is contracted to ride in Superbike World Championship with BMW Motorrad WorldSBK team after the 2020 and 2021 seasons with Ducati factory WSBK team ridi ...

towards the end of the season. With six race victories, Espargaró won the championship by 40 points ahead of Redding, who won three races, with third place going to

Esteve Rabat Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada (born 25 May 1989) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is best known for winning the 2014 Moto2 World Championship. Rabat then made the move to MotoGP in 2016 and spent five full-time seasons there, before moving to ...

, a three-time race winner.

Nicolás Terol Nicolás "Nico" Terol Peidro (born 27 September 1988) is a Spanish professional motorcycle road racer, winner of the 125cc World Championship in . He has previously competed in the Superbike World Championship and the Supersport World Champion ...

, who finished seventh, was another three-time race winner, with other victories taken by

Mika Kallio Mika Kallio (born 8 November 1982) is a Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently serving as the lead test and development rider for the Red Bull KTM team in MotoGP. He debuted in the 125cc World Championship with the Finnish rookie team ...

(fourth) and

Jordi Torres Jordi Torres Fernández (born August 27, 1987) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is a two-time MotoE World Cup winner, having won in and . He is a two-time winner of the Spanish Moto2 championship, and has previously competed in his native Su ...

, who was tenth in the championship. In the constructors' championship, Kalex won thirteen of the seventeen races to win the title by almost 100 points from Suter, who won the other four races. The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2013:

Calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2013: The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 18-race provisional calendar on 19 September 2012. On 23 November 2012, the calendar was updated following confirmation that the return of the

Argentine Grand Prix The Argentine Grand Prix (Spanish: ''Gran Premio de Argentina'') was a round of the Formula One championship, held intermittently from to , all at the same autodrome in the Argentine national capital of Buenos Aires. Origins and history The B ...

would be postponed to 2014. The Grand Prix of the Americas held at the

Circuit of the Americas Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a Grade 1 FIA-specification motor racing track and facilities located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas, in the United States. The facility is home to the Formula One United States G ...

in Austin, United States, replaced the

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, which had been run at

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since 2000. The United States hosted two races, the other being the Indianapolis Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. : ‡ = Night race : †† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

* The Grand Prix of the Americas was added to the calendar. * The

was taken off the calendar. The race was scheduled on the calendar since

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. * The

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was moved back, from 17 June to 1 September. * The

Japanese Grand Prix The Japanese Grand Prix ( ja, 日本グランプリ, Nihon-guranpuri) is a motor racing event in the calendar of the Formula One World Championship. Historically, Japan has been one of the last races of the season, and as such the Japanese Gran ...

was moved back, from 14 to 27 October.

Teams and riders

* A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 28 November 2012. An updated entry list was released on 12 February 2013. All

competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR

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engine developed by

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. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Rider changes

Sandro Cortese Alessandro "Sandro" Cortese (born 6 January 1990) is a former German motorcycle racer, who last competed in 2020 World Superbike Championship for Team Pedercini. Cortese won his first world title in the Moto3 class, in ., and his second in the Su ...

moved up from Moto3 to the newly established Intact GP team, on a two-year deal. * Randy Krummenacher switched from GP Team Switzerland to Technomag-CIP within Moto2 for 2013. *

Louis Rossi Louis Rossi (born 23 June 1989 in Le Mans) is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racer, best known for winning the 2012 French Grand Prix in the Moto3 class. He currently competes in the World Endurance Championships aboard the #Ducati 6, he has als ...

and

Danny Kent Danny Ray Kent (born 25 November 1993) is an English motorcycle racer, best known for winning the 2015 Moto3 World Championship. In doing so he became Great Britain's first Grand Prix solo motorcycle world champion since Barry Sheene in , as wel ...

raced for Tech 3 Racing's Moto2 bikes in 2013, having both moved up from Moto3.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Riders' standings

;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Constructors' standings

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points. * Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

References

{{World championships in 2013 *

Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons